RELATIONSHIP MARKETING SYSTEM UNVEILED BY AOL (American On Line)
Bruce, it is unfortunate that you make such references to our distribution model. Relationship marketing is now a way of doing business for major international companies. If you need any proof of this, please refer to the following press release, issued by AOL on January 14, 1999.
biz.yahoo.com
For your convenience, we have included (at the bottom) the first paragraph of the press release and all the relevant excerpts.
Surely, after reading AOL's duplication of the AGORA system, you will now agree there is nothing illegal about the AGORA E-Commerce system. Remember, all "top-down" structures are pyramid structures (like your own job) but that does not make it an illegal pyramid. In fact, for your reference, we have outlined the elements of illegal pyramids at our web site. You can read them at the bottom of the following page:
agoracorp.com
In closing, technology now makes it possible for individuals like you and me to directly compete with corporations...and corporations are worried. How else can you explain AOL's new relationship marketing system? Thus, systems like the AGORA system should be fully embraced by individuals who now want to take their own piece of the pie. We are excited by the potential and look forward to inviting you all to join. For more information, please refer to:
agoracorp.com
In light of the misinformation posted about our company, we thank-you for your understanding while we corrected it and hope this clarifies any misconceptions. Have a great day.
Regards,
Agora
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New Venture AOL Select Launched to Get More Americans Online
Strategic Alliance Between Monument Communications and America Online to Bring The Internet into More Homes Across America
MCLEAN, Va. Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Monument Communications, Inc., a marketer of technology services and products, today provided additional information about its strategic alliance with America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL - news) to create AOL Select, a new sales and marketing program that combines e- commerce and network marketing. This alliance gives Monument the rights to market the AOL service through a network marketing program under the AOL name and logo,
branded as AOL Select. The AOL Select program is in its final stages of development and will be formally unveiled in the next few weeks.
While other large corporations such as Primerica, Sprint, MCI and Excel Communications have effectively used network marketing to sell products and services, this marks the first time an industry leader has utilized network marketing to build upon its market strength.
... Under this model, AOL Select representatives will demonstrate the service directly to friends and family who otherwise might not consider getting online. ''A person to person demonstration of this product will plow through the most common barriers and make it even more clear to people why AOL is the leader,'' said Richard Warren,
President and co-founder of Monument Communications.
For the first time, virtually an entire network marketing operation will be run via e-commerce over the Internet. AOL Select will use the Internet as its primary method of enrolling and training representatives, marketing the venture, and managing and interacting with its sales force. ...
A New Kind of Network Marketing
Network marketing is a method of marketing in which independent sales representatives are paid commissions for sales they make of a particular product or service and are also paid commissions on sales made by other representatives they have enlisted. Many consider it among the most powerful of marketing methods because it delivers a credible sales message directly to the consumer.
''Network marketing came of age in the 1980s with the insurance industry, and then ballooned with telecommunications,'' said Monument EVP and co-founder Stephen Kann. ''Technology and Internet services are the next big wave.''
Now, a market brand leader, America Online, is utilizing network marketing (in addition to its existing marketing efforts) to expand its mission of bringing the Internet into homes across America. In order to achieve that mission, the AOL Select program will
utilize the very network, AOL, that it is promoting...
America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Va., is the world's leader in branded interactive services and content. AOL operates two worldwide Internet online services: America Online, with more than 15 million members and growing; and CompuServe, with approximately two million members.
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